The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-17
THE INQUIRY CLOSED.
THE COMMITTEE TO SETTLE THE
BRUNSWICK AFFAIR
Holds Its Second Days Session at
the ONCE OF Col. John
OvertoD, Jr.
THE TESTIMONY ALL IN AND Az
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN.
A Big slip OF Judgment in ExpeRd-
ing Money, bat Ohly an
Honest Mistake.

charges sg Ainst Justice y. g. Hughes
oil aiding 10 scbemes TO have pubic
money uselessly expendt met yester
day ct the Office OF Col. John OSetton
! jr., all the me mbers being present
Btf)re proceeding with the invsstiga
ton, Mr.. Bond spologigsd to the com
mittee for using language to Justice
Hughes in their presence which wal
not entirely in keeping with stric,
order and decorum. The little show
of violence occurred at Brurs
wick on Tuesday last, aud for a mo.
ment it looked dangerou. TO umbrella
and snatomies of tho.e in close prox
unity. Friends of the gentlemen in
tervened, and active hostilities were
averted. Mr.. Bond was forgiven.
q. q. Chamberlain was INTRODUCED
by Justice Hughes as an expert in
wood work. IL was designed to prove
by him thst the box ng in the Bruno.
wick ditch could nave been nailed
down at the time, and yet, through
peculiar little holes IN the cypress
sills, might be Wa, he'd up. He did
not think that the ordinary passage Of
water through the box, uAless il
flowed underneath the plank, would
move them. II nailed at the end,
there would be tendency in the d.
reCtion of destruction from force OF
water.
\ Gross examined by Mr.. Bond-Ii
the baking had been properly put
down, the water would not have dis
turhed it.
Redirect on the road and bridge
matter-He was familiar with the old
road, and considered it good only in
summer. Never heard of charge
against you in connection with the ca
nal until 1t appeared in the APPEAL;
in fact, never heard Of il at all. Heard
it charged upon Mr.. English.
A long array OF evidence was intro.
duced about the proposed road, which
the committee agreed to rule out as ir-
relevant. Col. John Overton an.
nounced that ne would be compelled
to enbody in his report a statement
that there had been a great slip in The
use Of public money out there in dig
ging the canal.
Justice Wellborn testified that he
only heard OF the ditch being wanted
about two weeks before it came into
court. Mr.. Hughes came to him and
asked him 10 present the pstition to
the court, which he did and recon-.
mended it. Even II the people had
come to me and said they had email
sum Of money raised, would have
told them it was for the county.
told Mr.. Hughes to suparintend the
work.
Cross examined by Mr.. Bond-Sev.
eral persons spoke to me about the
work being improperly done, but can
only mention Mr.. Bond. l stated
that as member OF the court would
not approve payment until work was
done. The road was being made bet
ter by the washing from the hills, bat
for few minutes sfer rain the wa.
ter was rather deep Heard one party
directly damaged by the ditch com.
plain OF ii, the gentleman being Mr..
Buckley. l sanctioned the WORK as
public necessity. The work as com.
pleted and accepted was not, as I'm.
derstsnd it, an obstruction to public
travel.
Redirsct-The complaints heard Of
the ditch were before the work was
done the second time.
MIR. r. A. Sneed, OF Brunswick, was
examined by Mr.. English as lows:
Did business last year with Hughes q
Horn. l drew up petition for ditch 81
request of Justice Hughes. saw pc
titlon for canal north Of town in han d.
of Justice Jones. He brought it into
The store OF Hughts & Horn, and there
| signed it. II was known shortly
sfterwsrd that there was ditch. As
a general thing, when work is to bs
done, the people Of Brunswick fad it
out by canvassing and Ia king to each
other. Have known you atont
tnirty years, and never heard of you
misrepreseDting business matter 10
any one. The work on the ditch as
completed aud left was undoubtedly
an obstruction to public travel.
Crcs;examined by Mr.. Hughes
You could not have told whether or
not plank in boxing was nailed after it
had been completed.
Mr.. @. B Enelisb, OF Brunswick,
then took the stand. He was fifty.five
years old, had lived in Shelby c. I'm Y
fifty years and in Brunswick over
twenty.six years. Was on the ground
when contract for the little ditch was
let by Mr.. w. II. Bond, at request OF
c. G. Hughes. We let It out country
style. The ditch was to be dug and
dit thrown in the middle OF the read.
The levee was tn be thrown up in cen.
ter of the old Brownsville read, from
bank to bank. Boxing was to be Il a 10
# good lumber and securely rammed
II boxing had been done properly the
water would not have torn il up.
Levee is not now in center Of old
Brownsville road, aud wac, as lefr, an
obstruction to pubic travel. Heard OF
people subscribing money to have sim
ilsr work done. l said l would have
dug the ditch myself il no one had in
terieIed. These atoms all took
place in Brunswick, before the petit.
ton was drawn, and Justice Hughes
was familiar with it. Myself and
Others erected small bridge over the
ditch left in middle OF road.
Crosse xamined by Mr.. Hughes-I
don't know whether there was speci.
ficstions on the ground when the work
was let out or not. l would not nave
inirusted the work to Mr.. Raymond,
as you did. / would have specified
the nails, where dirt WAS to be throwp,
etc. Otherwise, would trust him to
carry out contract. II be had nailed
the plank it would have been al
right. One hundred dollars was not
raised by subscription.
Redirect by Mr.. Bond-The money
promised by citizens would have been
sufficient to dig the ditch. Gould have
got the money subscribed any day it
was needed. Don't think that am
the father Of the work, but sigued the
petition and worked for it. Unless
repairs are made it will eventually 90
to nothing. Do not think that Justice
Hughes did anything wrong in asking
County Court to grant the sppropria.
ton.
On the canal business, Mr.. English
denied that he ever made a positive
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